Wisdom to help (3/4)

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold… Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am a sojourner with you,
a guest, like all my fathers.
Psalm 39:12 prayer sadness humility
When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:11 materialism money desires

Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8 awe blessing evil
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Genesis 2:18 creation marriage relationships
I cried to him with my mouth,
and high praise was on my tongue.
Psalm 66:17 worship prayer praise
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
1 John 3:17 money neighbor compassion
Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
Matthew 26:53 protection Jesus angels
Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Romans 15:2 selfishness encouragement neighbor
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7 love self-control strength
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 friendship relationships work
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Psalm 86:5 reliability love forgiveness
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
Psalm 130:1-2 listening dependence mercy
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:4 money righteousness materialism
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
Psalm 34:15 righteousness listening
Learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
Isaiah 1:17 righteousness neighbor widows
But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 hope salvation listening
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me.
Proverbs 30:8 materialism food money
You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Exodus 22:22-24 widows orphans
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
Titus 2:11-12 grace righteousness salvation
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.
Romans 15:5 community encouragement patience
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.
Isaiah 30:18 grace righteousness patience
Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Romans 14:4 faith judgment equipment
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 faith love gratitude
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by my name.
Isaiah 65:1 seeking listening calling
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Romans 1:11-12 friendship strength encouragement

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Bible verse of the day

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:2 blameless obedience life